Contrast baths charges at MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center

409 NW 9th Ave, Aledo, IL · MercyOne · · NPI 1225380967

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 31, 2026 · Ingested Aug 3, 2026

$63.00

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$105.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$27.00 with UHC vs $76.65 with UHC — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
UHC Deere Premiere_Facility $27.00 ↓ -57%
UHC Deere Premiere_NonFacility $27.45 ↓ -56%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $47.25 ↓ -25%
UHC Medicare Advantage $48.30 ↓ -23%
UHC VACCN $48.30 ↓ -23%
Naphcare All Products $49.35 ↓ -22%
Wellmark Medicare Advantage $49.35 ↓ -22%
Wellmark All Products $60.90 ↓ -3%
UHC All Products $76.65 ↑ +22%

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Contrast baths charges at other Illinois hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis $63.00 $27.56 – $278.27
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island $26.40 $12.35 – $21.47
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon $56.65 $14.54 – $15.27
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia Centralia $56.65 $14.54 – $15.27
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago $15.84 $13.75 – $43.92
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale not published $14.23 – $23.55
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn not published $20.46 – $82.66
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville not published $20.46 – $57.84

All Illinois hospitals for this procedure →